Biography

Formed: Denmark

Genre: Dance

Years Active: '00s, '10s

Influenced by the '80s synth funk of the S.O.S. Band, Midnight Star, and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Cool Million are a European production duo whose mission statement is to "take soul back to the future." Founded by Danish songwriter Frank Ryle, a passionate soul music fan who ran his own online magazine, Soulportal.dk, the collaborative outfit released its first track, "Naughty Girl," through an Expansion Records compilation before German producer Rob Hardt (Chaka Khan, Keith Sweat) came on board....